These are strange times in Kansas City. Losers of three of their last four games, the Chiefs (6-6) sit not only four games back in the AFC West but also are outside of the top seven in the AFC and thus on the wrong side of the playoff bubble as they get set to host the suddenly hot Houston Texans (7-5) Sunday night. For all intents and purposes, that makes this weekend’s game an elimination game should Patrick Mahomes and co. fail to win.

Kansas City lost on Thanksgiving in Dallas to the Cowboys, 31-28. Mahomes threw for four scores without turning the ball over, but it was not enough to overcome Dak Prescott and the Cowboys. The loss dropped the Chiefs to tenth in the AFC, two games out of the final playoff spot.

Houston has won four in a row and is threatening the Colts and Jaguars

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